PSALM CHAPTER 23 – PART 1 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Being blessed by personal involvement of God Recognizing the unfailing faithfulness of our God !   1. THE PERSONAL POSITION OF GOD. 2. FINDING OUT WHAT HE DOES. DID NOT COME EASILY. A. HE SATISFIES ALL PARTS OF MY LIFE. V.1. PHIL 4:19. B. HE PROVIDES GREAT TIMES OF EASY BLESSINGS. V.2.

PSALM CHAPTER 24 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Knowing Whom We Believe Who Shall Ascend Into The Hill Of The LORD ? 1. THE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY OF ALMIGHTY GOD. A. HE OWNS THE EARTH AND THE FULNESS THEREOF. B. HE OWNS ALL BY RIGHTS OF HIS CREATING THEM. —GOD’S WORD AHEAD OF “SCIENCE.” V.2. GEN. 1:6-10. —DAVID CONSCIOUS OF GOD HAVING TO ‘BUY

PSALM CHAPTER 25 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Dealing With Life’s Options Where Else Can I Go, But To God ?     1. NOWHERE ELSE TO GO BUT TO GOD.    A. BRINGING THE SOUL TO GOD. V.1. JOHN 6:68 B. BRINGING OUR FAITH TO GOD. V.2. MARK 8:25, HEBREW 12:2. 2. THE CONCERNS OF A BELIEVER. V.2- A. HIS ENEMIES. DEFINED

PSALM CHAPTER 26 AT ISSUE:  HOW DOES ONE BECOME RIGHTEOUS ? Is Anyone Righteous In and Of Themselves ?   1. THE INVITATION. V.1-2.    A. DAVID ASKS GOD TO JUDGE HIM. WHY ? —GOD WILL JUDGE ALL, WHETHER THEY ASK FOR IT, OR NOT. ACTS 17:31. —CHOICE IS TO JUDGE SELF FIRST, OR LET GOD JUDGE FIRST. I COR.

PSALM CHAPTER 27 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Why Be Afraid ?? 1. UNDERSTANDING THE RANGE OF FEARS COMMON TO MAN—MENTIONED IN THIS PSALM.         HAVE YOU SEEN ALL THE ONES YOU REALLY HAVE ? JOB 3:25. PSALM 34:4, 2 TIMOTHY 1:7. A. FEAR OF PHYSICAL ENEMIES. V.2. CRIMINAL ATTACKS. 2 COR. 7:5-7. SOMETHING THAT COULD EAT UP MY FLESH. FEAR OF

PSALM CHAPTER 28 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Knowing That God Will Hear *THIS IS ONE OF THE FEARS THAT DAVID OVERCAME THROUGH FACTS INVOLVING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.   1. WHAT IF GOD DIDN’T HEAR US ?    O HORRIBLE THOUGHT !!! A. A VERY HUMAN FEAR. * MANY NEVER ESCAPE IT. B. A FEAR THAT CAN BE OVERCOME BY TRUTH. V.

PSALM CHAPTER 30 HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH GOD’S WILL FOR OUR LIVES ? “I WILL EXTOL THEE…” EXTOL=“TO LIFT UP, TO MAKE HIGH, TO RAISE UP OR EXALT.”   1. WE HAVE REASONS TO EXTOL THE LORD. A. HE HAS LIFTED US UP. V.1. EPH. 2:6. FROM THE MIRY CLAY. PS. 40:2 FROM OUR ENEMIES. WHO ARE THEY ? PS.44:7.

PSALM CHAPTER 31 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: What I should do. DAVID’S BATTLE . . . JUST LIKE OUR OWN !! WHY REMIND BELIEVERS TO LOVE GOD ?   1. I PUT MY TRUST IN GOD.   SO, HELP ME !    V.1, 14. CAN BELIEVERS HAVE TROUBLES ? WE MUST TRUST GOD FOR DELIVERANCE ! PS. 97:10, PS. 34:17, PS. 34:7. WHEN

PSALM CHAPTER 32 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:  Dealing With Sin The Divider Between God and Man Must Be Dealt With ! 1. THERE IS A STATE OF TRUE HAPPINESS.    A. BEGINS WHEN SIN IS TRULY DEALT WITH. EX. 34:7—TYPES OF REBELLION AGAINST GOD. INIQUITY.    FAULT, MISCHIEF, CONDITION OF GUILT. GEN. 19:15—WITHOUT MOSAIC LAW, STILL GUILTY. TRANGRESSION. REBELLION, DISOBEDIENCE. JOSHUA 7:11—REBELLED

PSALM CHAPTER 33 MAINTAINING HAPPINESS: Reasons To Praise There are Powerful and Obvious Reasons to Praise God ! 1. PRAISE IS RIGHT FOR THE UPRIGHT.    V.1,    A. THE RIGHTEOUS KEEP THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES TO DO IT. 2 SAM. 22:24. —PRESUMPTUOUS SIN IS KEY. PS. 19:13. —THEY DON’T LIFT THEMSELVES UP. HAB. 2:4 B. THE RIGHTEOUS ARE MISUNDERSTOOD BY